Hostile Environment

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hostile Environment

| type = studio

| artist = Rasco

| cover = Hostile Environment album.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2001|08|14}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = Underground hip hop

| length =

| label = Copasetik Recordings

| producer = {{hlist|D.L. Jones|J. Rawls|Memo|Mr. Khaliyl|Panik|Protest|Rasco|Roddy Rod|Shake Diggy}}

| prev_title = Time Waits for No Man

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Escape from Alcatraz

| next_year = 2003

| misc =

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web |last=Azpiri |first=Jon |title=Rasco - Hostile Environment Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hostile-environment-mw0000011472 |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}

| rev2 = NME

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web |last=Fadele |first=Dele |author-link=Dele Fadele |date=September 12, 2005 |title=Rasco : Hostile Environment |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-nme-5531-342583 |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

| rev3 = The Source

| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Reeves|first=Mosi|date=September 2001|issue=144|title=Rasco – Hostile Environment|department=Record Report|magazine=The Source|page=327|location=New York}}

| rev4 = Spin

| rev4score = 6/10{{Cite magazine |last=Drumming |first=Neil |author-link=Neil Drumming|date=September 2001 |title=Rasco – Hostile Environment |department=Reviews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCPpNtEu0GgC&pg=PA170 |magazine=Spin |language=en |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |volume=17 |issue=9 |page=170 |issn=0886-3032 |access-date=December 3, 2023 |via=Google Books}}

| rev5 = XXL

| rev5score = XL (4/5){{cite magazine|last=Browne|first=Mahogany L.|author-link=Mahogany L. Browne|date=September 2001|volume=5|number=8|title=Rasco – Hostile Environment|department=Critical Breakdown|magazine=XXL|pages=199, 201|location=New York|publisher=Harris Publications}}

}}

Hostile Environment is the second full-length solo studio album by American rapper Rasco. It was released on August 14, 2001 via Copasetik Recordings. Production was handled by Memo, Protest, Roddy Rod, Mr. Khaliyl, Panik, D.L. Jones, J. Rawls, Shake Diggy, and Rasco himself. It features guest appearances from 427, Ed O.G., El Da Sensei, Protest, Reks, and his Cali Agents partner Planet Asia.